Demographics of New Caledonia

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New Caledonia population pyramid in 2020

Demographic features of the population of New Caledonia include population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population.

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Historical population

Historical populations
YearPop.±% p.a.
1956 68,480    
1963 86,519+3.40%
1969 100,579+2.54%
1976 133,233+4.10%
1983 145,368+1.25%
1989 164,173+2.05%
1996 196,836+2.63%
2004 230,789+2.01%
2009 245,580+1.25%
2014 268,767+1.82%
2019 271,407+0.20%
2022 269,815−0.20%
2023 268,510−0.48%
ISEE [1]

Vital statistics

Births and deaths [2]

YearPopulationLive birthsDeathsNatural increaseCrude birth rateCrude death rateRate of natural increaseTFR
1981140,0503,6689142,75427.76.421.33.64
1982145,7003,8309142,91626.36.320.03.41
1983148,7003,8328482,98425.85.720.13.33
1984151,6503,7639052,85824.86.018.83.17
1985154,4503,6198912,72823.45.817.73.00
1986157,3503,9219043,01724.95.719.23.17
1987160,5004,1229133,20925.75.720.03.25
1988163,6504,0359623,07324.75.918.83.10
1989166,8983,9449902,95423.65.917.72.97
1990170,8994,3789283,45025.65.420.23.19
1991175,3624,5019783,52325.75.620.13.15
1992179,7994,4059313,47424.55.219.32.99
1993184,4964,3379543,38323.55.218.32.86
1994189,4824,2671,0603,20722.55.616.92.70
1995193,8164,2421,0203,22221.95.316.62.59
1996197,5644,4011,0203,38122.35.217.12.65
1997201,4184,4901,0163,47422.35.017.22.67
1998205,2794,3529823,37021.24.816.42.55
1999209,2144,3161,0953,22120.65.215.42.48
2000213,2304,5661,0773,48921.45.116.42.59
2001217,3244,3261,1313,19519.95.214.72.43
2002221,4904,1941,1213,07318.95.113.92.33
2003225,2964,1021,1212,98118.25.013.22.27
2004228,7503,9781,1162,86217.44.912.5
2005232,2504,0511,1422,90917.44.912.5
2006235,7504,2241,1133,11117.94.713.2
2007239,2504,0931,2072,88617.15.012.1
2008242,7504,0151,1692,84616.54.811.7
2009245,9504,1031,2612,84216.75.111.6
2010249,7504,1781,1912,98716.74.812.02.20
2011254,3504,1191,3202,79916.25.211.02.15
2012259,0004,3891,3223,06716.95.111.82.28
2013263,6504,3731,3742,99916.65.211.42.19
2014268,0504,3701,4062,96416.35.211.12.17
2015269,4604,1911,4652,72615.65.410.22.08
2016270,2204,2711,5692,70215.85.810.02.13
2017270,8104,0671,5312,53615.05.79.32.04
2018271,2404,0761,5562,52015.05.79.32.06
2019271,2284,1101,6272,48315.26.09.22.10
2020271,0803,9911,5402,45114.65.78.92.05
2021270,3903,9311,9851,94614.37.37.02.05
2022269,2153,8051,9001,90514.17.17.02.02
20233,3581,4401,91812.55.47.1

ISEE - Démographie

Structure of the population

Population Estimates by Sex and Age Group (01.I.2017): [3]
Age GroupMaleFemaleTotal%
Total140 000138 495278 495100
0–410 48110 10620 5877.39
5–911 00910 28621 2957.65
10–1410 92210 58321 5057.72
15–1911 62111 34222 9638.25
20–2410 3299 60819 9377.16
25–2910 33810 40020 7387.45
30–3410 76010 72721 4877.72
35–3910 25510 46220 7177.44
40–4410 85310 70221 5557.74
45–499 7959 94919 7447.09
50–548 9398 78017 7196.36
55–597 0106 94513 9555.01
60–645 7225 50811 2304.03
65-694 5164 3618 8773.19
70-743 3393 3116 6502.39
75-792 1572 4854 6421.67
80-841 1981 5952 7931.00
85-896079311 5380.55
90-941193174360.16
95+30971270.05
Age groupMaleFemaleTotalPercent
0–1432 41230 97563 38722.76
15–6495 62294 423190 04568.24
65+11 96613 09725 0639.00

Ethnic groups

Ethnic Melanesians known as Kanak constituted 41.2% of the population in 2019, followed by Europeans (Caldoche and Zoreille) with 24.1%. The Europeans are the largest ethnic group in the South Province, where they make up a plurality, while Kanak are the majority in the two other provinces. The remainder of the population are Wallis and Futunan (8.3%), Tahitian (2.0%), Indonesians (1.4%), Ni-Vanuatu (0.9%), Vietnamese, other Asian (0.4%), Mixed (11.3%), and belong to other ethnic groups (9.5%). An estimate of 15,000 Caledonians were of Algerian descent. [4]

Population of New Caledonia according to ethnic group 1963-2019
Ethnic
group
census
1963
census
1969
census
1976
census
1983
census
1989
census
1996
census
2009
census
2014
census
2019
Number %Number %Number %Number %Number %Number %Number %Number %Number %
Kanak 41,19047.646,20045.955,59841.761,87042.673,59844.886,78844.199,07840.3104,95839.1111,85641.2
Europeans 33,35538.641,26841.050,75738.153,97437.155,08533.667,15134.171,72129.273,19927.265,48824.1
Wallisians and Futunians 11,97413.813,11113.09,5717.212,1748.414,1868.617,7639.021,2628.721,9268.222,5208.3
Tahitians 6,3914.85,5703.84,7502.95,8712.64,9852.05,6082.15,3662.0
Ni-Vanuatu 1,0500.81,2120.81,6831.02,2441.12,3270.92,5681.02,3130.9
Indonesians 5,1113.85,3193.75,1913.25,0032.53,7671.63,8591.43,7861.4
Vietnamese 1,9431.52,3811.62,4611.52,8221.42,3571.02,5060.92,2300.8
Others2,8122.12,8682.07,2194.49,8945.039,86516.254,14320.157,84821.3
Total86,519100,579133,233145,368164,173196,836245,580268,767271,407

CIA World Factbook demographic statistics

The following demographic statistics are from the CIA World Factbook. [5]

Age structure

Population

Population growth rate

Birth rate

Death rate

Net migration rate

Sex ratio

Infant mortality rate

Life expectancy at birth

Total fertility rate

Nationality

Religions

Ethnic groups

Languages

Literacy

See also

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